TG Minto Corporation is a proud division of Toyoda Gosei, a World-class automotive supplier with 67 group companies in 17 countries. With locations in Palmerston and Stratford Ontario, we are a Tier1 supplier of injection molded interior/exterior parts & assemblies to Toyota and Honda. Together we are committed to providing high quality products with a heavy focus on safety, respect and success for our Team Members.

The position will be reporting to the TPS Supervisor, it is the responsibility of the TPS Engineer to review the entire plant as a ‘system’ and through TPS Kaizen techniques, implement improvements in all areas from material flow to assembly processes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Process design & implementing of assembly cells
• Direct the building of workstations
• Purchasing jigs/fixtures and other items
• Kaizen of current production processes (cycle time, inventory, and lead time reductions).
• Setup and kaizen current and new AGV systems
• Kaizen of our warehouse and service parts production system
• Time studies and operation analysis.
• Material flow and capacity planning simulations.
• Ergonomic investigations & workstation redesign.
• Plant layout updates.
• Maintenance of good 5S
• Support TPS Manager with any other request
• Required to multitask – handle multiple tasks of varying importance and urgency

Qualifications:

• Industrial Engineering University Degree or similar education / experience
• Excellent computer skills, especially with Microsoft Excel, Word and AutoCAD
• Knowledge of TPS principles
• Mechanically inclined
• 3D Printing & Design experience an asset
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Work in a self directed manner